Bracket



J. H. ROGERS.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEYH. 1919.

1,340,684. en ed May 18, 1920.

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JOEL H. ROGERS, 0F JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

BRACKET.

Application filed June 11,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn H. Rocnns, citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a simple, inexpensive and easily manipulated bracket for the purpose stated, and one adapted to be expeditiously secured in position without the employment of tools or the assistance of nails or screws and which when fastened is calculated .to strongly support a shade as well as a curtain.

The bracket is susceptible of being fitted in window casings ,of various widths; and it will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is front elevation of the bracket constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet devised.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of one end of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the attaching plates of the bracket, removed.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the shade-holding members of the bracket.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The body of the bracket comprises two bars 1 and 2, arranged longitudinally in lapped relation, Fig. 1. Each bar has a comparatively wide outer portion so that in general the body is of a common width throughout. The bar 1 is toothed or serrated at its underside, as indicated by 3, and the bar 2 is equipped with hangers or plates 4 that receive the bar 1 between them and serve for the fnlcruming of a lever 5 on which is a toothed or serrated head 6, opposed to the toothed side of the bar 1. When the said lever 5 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 1 it serves to thrust the bars 1 and 2 endwise in opposite directions and to hold the same against casual inward endwise movement for a purpose hereinafter set forth. For the purpose of precluding accidental downward Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 303,401.

movement of the outer end of the lever 5, a keeper 7 is provided on the bar 2, Fig. 1, said keeper having a lower portion with which the lever may be readily engaged in detachable manner.

Fixed to the rear sides of the outer comparatively wide portions of the bars 1 and 2 are plates 8, Figs. 2 and 3 the outer ends of which are barbed, as indicated by 9. Manifestly when the bars 1 and 2 are thrust endwise in opposite directions or outwardly as before mentioned the barbs 9 will be embedded in the side stiles of a window casing with the result that the bracket will be strongly maintained in working position.

Connected at 10 to the front sides of the wide portions of the bars 1 and 2 are sheetmetal plates 11, equipped at their outer ends with curtainpole supports 12, Figs. 1 and 2. The inner portions of said plates 11 are provided with longitudinal guides 13, arranged in parallelism and receiving between them sub-brackets 14c and 15 such as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, said subbrackets being of angular formation, Fig. 6, and being each provided in its inner arm with a screw 16, designed to be set against one of the plates 11 with a view to adjustably fixing the sub-bracket in position. The subbracket 14 is provided in its outer arm with an aperture 17 to receive the journal at one end of a shade roller, and the sub-bracket 15 is provided in its outer arm with a kerf 18 to receive and hold against rotation the usual spring spindle at the opposite end of a shade roller.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel bracket is simple and durable in construction and is adapted to enable an unskilled person to hang a considerable number of shades in a short period of time, and this without nailing or screwing with the attendant marring of a window casing.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat out, is:

A device of the character described comprising, a pair of bars having their inner portions cut away to provide reduced inner portions arranged in superposed relation, the lower reduced portion having its lower edge serrated, plates secured to the opposite sides of the upper reduced portion and extending downwardly therefrom to receive therebetween the lower reduced portion, a lever disposed beneath the lower reduced portion between said plates and pivoted thereto and having a serrated head engaging said lower serrated edge, flanged plates carried by the outer ends of the bars and provided with means for engaging the window frame, curtain pole brackets carried by the 10 flanged plates, andshade supporting brackets adjustably mounted upon the flanged plates. y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOEL H. ROGERS. 

